This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault’s contribution to current theories of modernity.
- Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations.
- Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS.
- Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
- Contributors include James Ferguson, Akhil Gupta, Aihwa Ong, Paul Rabinow, and Rayna Rapp.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Analytics of Modern: An Introduction.
Part I: Colonial Reasons.
1. Colonial Governmentality. (David Scott).
2. Foucault in the Tropics: Displacing the Panopticon. (Peter Redfield).
Part II: Global Governance.
3. Graduated Sovereignty in South East Asia. (Aihwa Ong).
4. Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality. (James Ferguson and Akhil Gupta).
Part III: Technico Sciences.
5. Performing Criminal Anthropology: Science, Popular Wisdom, and the Body. (David Horn).
6. Science and Citizenship under Postsocialism. (Adriana Petryna).
Part IV: Biosocial Subjects.
7. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality. (Paul Rabinow).
8. Flexible Eugenics: Technologies of Self in the Age of Genetics. (Karen-Sue Taussig, Rayna Rapp, and Deborah Heath).
Part V: NecropollS!
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